What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Carrickrathmullin is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Carrickrathmullin, County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies the north end of a ridge beside a recently built house. A circular area measures twenty-eight point seven metres north-south and twenty-seven metres east-west. An earthen bank and external fosse define the south arc, while a scarp marks the rest.

At the N end of a ridge adjacent to a recently built house. A circular area (int. diam. 28.7m N-S; 27m E-W) defined along the S arc by an earthen bank (int. H 0.95m; ext. H 0.9m) and an external fosse (D 0.2m) and elsewhere by a scarp. There is a narrow berm between the bank and the fosse. There is a possible entrance (Wth 4.4m) at S. The N portion of the level interior is raised (max. H 2m) to compensate for the hillslope. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of upload: 18 January 2008

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